Avid gardeners can be very green folk. They enjoy digging in the dirt, composting and recycling, and effortlessly incorporate other people’s discards into their outdoor decor. When shopping for attractive pieces to enhance their yards, recycled metal garden art can be a popular choice.

Recycled metal garden art is a reflection of the eco-artist’s ingenuity and talent. What may be trash to you or me is reborn in the hands of these talented artists. One artist, Andrew Chase, makes impressive mechanical structure of giraffes, elephants and robots from recycled plumbing and auto parts. He gets junk engine and transmission parts from his local auto shop, and by combining these with plumbing fixtures and pipes he creates wonderful, moving creatures.

Old, worn out oil drums and tanks are quite frequently used to make metal garden art. Decorated oil tanks that once provided fuel to cottagers are cut into brightly colored critters, such as dancing moose, climbing frogs and dogs with bones. For something a little different you can even add a diva or a devil!

In Haiti an ever growing crafts community is producing wonderful metal wall sculptures from flattened drums previously used to haul oil or other products. After removing the ends these drums are flattened and then carved by hand into exotic art pieces. Using only hammers, chisels and other simple tools, the artists crave beautiful exotic pieces out of the steel. Haitian drum art is renowned world-wide and increasing in popularity. Inside the house or in the garden, it makes a striking piece of wall art.Saving bikes from untimely graves a new breed of artists are choosing discarded bikes parts to produce their art. Bike art has become so popular it is a genre of its own. With gears and wheels, nuts and bolts, spokes and bars, a bike may be the ideal raw material for recycled metal art.

A large part of the appeal of recycled metal yard art may be the weathered and often rusted look of the various pieces. Rusted metal has a earthy, natural look and blends with the garden rather than making a loud statement. That is why many gardeners seek out pre-rusted metal art.

The talent of artists working with recycled metal never ceases to amaze me. Add some recycled metal art to your yard and add instant character and charm.

Ann Wallis is a long-time gardener and lover of beautiful things for her garden. All year round she pores through gardening magazines and websites looking for colorful perennials to fill the holes in her garden and fun, whimsical metal yard art to add life and character to her yard. Ann’s favorite metal creations can be found at http://metal-garden-art.com

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